Pollinator diversity: distribution, ecological function, and conservation

J Ollerton - Annual review of ecology, evolution, and …, 2017‏ - annualreviews.org
By facilitating plant reproduction, pollinators perform a crucial ecological function that
supports the majority of the world's plant diversity, and associated organisms, and a …

Orchid conservation: how can we meet the challenges in the twenty-first century?

MF Fay - Botanical studies, 2018‏ - Springer
Abstract With c. 28,000 species, orchids are one of the largest families of flowering plants,
and they are also one of the most threatened, in part due to their complex life history …

Beyond the various contrivances by which orchids are pollinated: global patterns in orchid pollination biology

JD Ackerman, RD Phillips, RL Tremblay… - Botanical Journal of …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Orchidaceae show remarkable diversity in pollination strategies, but how these strategies
vary globally is not entirely clear. To identify regions and taxa that are data-rich and lend …

[كتاب][B] Pollinators and pollination: nature and society

J Ollerton - 2021‏ - books.google.com
A unique and personal insight into the ecology and evolution of pollinators, their
relationships with flowers, and their conservation in a rapidly changing world. The …

How many species of arthropods visit flowers?

CW Wardhaugh - Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2015‏ - Springer
The majority of living plant species are pollinated by insects, and this interaction is thought to
have played a major role in driving the diversification of modern angiosperms. But while …

The evolution of mutualism

EG Leigh Jr - Journal of evolutionary biology, 2010‏ - academic.oup.com
Like altruism, mutualism, cooperation between species, evolves only by enhancing all
participants' inclusive fitness. Mutualism evolves most readily between members of different …

Pollination ecology in the 21st century: key questions for future research

C Mayer, L Adler, WS Armbruster… - Journal of …, 2011‏ - centaur.reading.ac.uk
To inspire new ideas in research on pollination ecology, we list the most important
unanswered questions in the field. This list was drawn up by contacting 170 scientists from …

Orchid pollination: from Darwin to the present day

C Micheneau, SD Johnson… - Botanical Journal of the …, 2009‏ - academic.oup.com
In this year celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of Darwin and the sesquicentennial of the
publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, the present paper aims to assess the …

Automated video monitoring of insect pollinators in the field

L Pegoraro, O Hidalgo, IJ Leitch… - Emerging topics in …, 2020‏ - portlandpress.com
Ecosystems are at increasing risk from the global pollination crisis. Gaining better
knowledge about pollinators and their interactions with plants is an urgent need. However …

Patterns and processes in nocturnal and crepuscular pollination services

RM Borges, H Somanathan… - The Quarterly review of …, 2016‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
Night, dawn, and dusk have abiotic features that differ from the day. Illumination, wind
speeds, turbulence, and temperatures are lower while humidity may be higher at night …